Yahoo’s Promises v. Yahoo’s Reality: Congress Finally Gets It (17)
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Congress is finally understanding the reality of the Yahoo-Google search deal, and what it means for the state of search competition in general. It’s not about price fixing advertising rates, it’s about neutering the second place market participant. As I wrote on September 27, the current deal between Yahoo and Google will inevitably lead to the decline of Yahoo’s core search advertising business. They will insert Google ads to push revenue. But as they do ...
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Darnell Clayton said:
Awsome! I love Google, but I am not going to trade a competative Internet for one dominated soley by Google (with Microsoft yapping at it's heals).
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Nate said:
Congress gets it? Wow, I seriously wasn't expecting that, though. This is great news, nonetheless.
A Free Georgia Can Only Be Democratic (1)
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by Michael Cecire Editor’s note: I recently returned from a trip to Georgia where my reporting was necessarily focused on the Russian invasion. Russia’s occupation and de-facto annexation of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, though, aren’t the only serious problems the country faces right now. The following guest column by Michael Cecire, whose knowledge of and experience in Georgia are much more extensive than mine, should fill in some of the rest ...
Microsoft may extend Windows XP "downgrade" deadline by six months (10)
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Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsFirst off, we'll warn you that these reports are currently unconfirmed by the suits in Redmond, but word has it that Microsoft is working with at least one OEM to have the Windows XP "downgrade" deadline pushed out from January 2009 to at least July 31, 2009. That's according to an e-mail sent from Microsoft to an unspecified partner company, which purportedly details a plan to work with other buddies in pushing ...
Bailout Brought Down to Scale (1)
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WHAT'S THAT IN APOLLOS? - Cosmic Log - To help us wrap our minds around the $700B or more bailout figure, Cosmic Log translates that huge value into "currency" representing different space and science efforts, like the Apollo program. It figures the bailout amount is the equivalent of 7 Apollo programs. Of course, Apollo itself was mind-bogglingly huge, so it stands to reason that a whole new currency system based on different sized space projects ...
SGN’s Wii-like Golf And Bowling Games Both Top Ten iPhone Apps (4)
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No surprise that SGN’s iPhone games are doing so well - they’re fun to play and they’re free. iGolf is at no. 7 on the top ten apps list and has, the company says, more than 1 million downloads. The newly launched iBowl is at no. 8. Both games extensively use the accelerometer to control game action, resulting in a Wii-like experience. The only problem is the high chance of throwing the iPhone through the ...
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Darnell Clayton said:
iBowl pretty much killed my desire for a Wii. As far as iGolf is concerned, I guess my friends will enjoy that app. ;-)
Picasa 3 (beta) for Linux (15)
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Posted by Lei Zhang, Software EngineerWe're proud to announce the public beta of Picasa 3.0 for Linux (just a few days past the end of summer :-)With version 3, Picasa adds improved Linux desktop integration. For instance, it now uses your preferred file manager, and you can use your preferred email program to send photos directly from Picasa. Picasa even integrates with the camera detection features in Gnome and KDE, so your desktop environment will ...
Android Market will offer free trials, but not free bandwidth (3)
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Filed under: Software, T-Mobile, Android Apple's App Store, with its millions of downloads, is clearly a hit with consumers. But with developers? Not so much. Like a dashing hero to a scorned mistress, Google's Andy Rubin is pledging a different, more loving and respectful relationship with those who would fill his company's Android Market with selections -- and his pockets with royalties. He indicates that the Market will enable free downloadable trials, something that Apple ...
Do Androids Dream... (1)
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of Electric Sheep? Mowing the lawn? (via MAKE: Blog) [more below the fold...] Aside from being an amusing tip of the hat to Phillip K. Dick, Carnegie Mellon's robo-ruminant makes a compelling case for the proposition that what may be missing from the household robotics 'killer app' might just be a dose of whimsy. If, for instance, a robotic snow blower that looks like some sort of anime critter: Yukitaro - robot mangeur de glaceUploaded ...
Virgin Galactic rejects $1 million space porn (5)
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The private company planning to take wealthy tourists to the edge of the atmosphere starting in late 2009 or early 2010 has refused a million-dollar proposal to film a sex vid...
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Darnell Clayton said:
Props to Virgin for rejecting this. The last thing I would want is floating semen crashing into my eye ball (among other floating liquids).
Best Ground-Based Image of Jupiter — Ever! (8)
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Everyone loves twinkling stars and moonlit nights—EXCEPT astronomers. But astronomers are crafty people, so they've come up with ways to mitigate the distortion that Earth's thick atmosphere causes for ground based telescopes (from which stars appear to twinkle). And now, a new image-correction technique has delivered the sharpest whole-planet ground-based picture ever. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) performed a record two-hour observation of Jupiter using a breakthrough technique to remove atmospheric blur. And what a ...
Obama Campaign Now Has an iPhone App (2)
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So, does your candidate have a software application for recruiting and campaigning? The Obama campaign now does. They’ve just released an iPhone application that allows you to use the phone as a recruiting tool. One feature apparently organizes contacts by...
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Darnell Clayton said:
Wow. This is brilliant.Even though I am not voting for him, I have to admit that this was a smart move.
Is Geothermal Energy a Good Alternative to Powering the Planet? (1)
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It has been estimated that within the continental United States there is a sizable resource of accessible geothermal energy, which could supply about 3,000 times the current annual U.S. consumption. With fossil fuel sources depleting and global warming on the rise, exploring alternative means of powering human civilization is becoming of dire importance. But now researchers are saying that it’s not just the sky via wind harnessing, or various forms of water power that offer ...
1 Man Blog Sells for $15 Million Dollars (30)
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I’ve had four people email me this news in the last 10 minutes. PaidContent is reporting that a WP blog by the name of Bankaholic has just been acquired by BankRate For Up To $15 Million. Bankaholic has a staff of 1 (Johns Wu) who will remain on at the blog. If this price is true it’s a fairly decent sale for Mr Wu (understatement of the year) - the blog has an Alexa ranking ...
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ugur said:
batu darısı başınıza
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straylight said:
Banks have enough money to do this???
Upstarts in space! (1)
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SpaceX SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket rises Sunday from its Pacific island launch pad. Fifty years ago, NASA and the Soviets were the only players in the spaceflight game - but those days are gone forever. On its 50th birthday, America's government-funded space agency finds itself surrounded by upstarts - some who will no doubt be selling rides to the government in the years to come. The latest upstart to join the orbital club is California-based ...
Now's the time: Register to vote (20)
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Political participation is at an all-time high this election season, and a record number of voters have already started to cast ballots -- a few even camped out in Ohio to be the first in line for early voting yesterday.But roughly 1 in 4 Americans still aren't registered to vote, according to the most recent Census report. Now is the time -- voter registration deadlines are less than a week away in most states.We're trying ...
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Stewart Rogers said:
well done! By the way, we Canadians have an election on October 14th. You don't have to register, just show up with ID. You register by filing taxes. I think. :-)
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febbrile said:
guardate il video
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blogan said:
If you don't vote, don't complain about the election results. And what an amazing election this will be. We'll either have our first African American president of first female vice president.
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Mark said:
Wow. Awesome. Vote, bitches.
Analysis: Has NASA lost the right stuff in space? (1)
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The signs of a midlife crisis are there: A 50th birthday approaching; a longing for the glory days of youth; a hankering to dump the aging partner of 27 years; and a costly flirtation with a new young thing. This isn't some balding businessman in a sports car. It's NASA. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which opened its doors on Oct. 1 1958, is struggling with its identity and its future. The agency's angst ...
3D Force Field Opens Door for Holodeck (30)
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Here's the video of the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display, one of those technologies that will probably change entertainment forever: A high-fidelity 3D force field on the air that allows you to actually touch virtual objects with your bare hands. Initially, this technology could find its way into virtual keyboards, but in the future—as the size and resolution increases—there are endless possibilities. And with "endless possibilities" I really mean "virtual sex." Don't believe me? See what ...
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s said:
I just like the Princess Leia double take in this article :)
T-Mobile G1 spotted in the wild (2)
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, Android Ah yes, the natural progression of a release. First comes the hands-on at the introduction, then comes the leaked user manual, then comes the pre-order fiasco -- now, it's time for those always titillating in the wild shots. The box and handset are nothing out of the ordinary / surprising (respectively), but at least you now know that bona fide unboxing images are just around the ...
